and campbell's cream of chicken soup. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ japan's prime minister calling this the worst crisis since world war two. rescue workers searching devastation of four survivors of the earthquake and tsunami hitting japan and growing concerns of the nuclear meltdown. good afternoon and steve. >> 9 dina welcome our viewers across the country and watching us on the web. official death toll from the earthquake and tsunami now stands at more than 1800 but the number will rise as rescuers reach more hard hit areas. a news agency reports about 2000 bodies were found in just two areas on the northeast

coast today. one of those areas about 10,000 people are still missing. the full extent of the disastrous aftermath is not yet clear but it to be the most extensive expensive quicken history. experts say that losses from the quake tsunami in fire wall " that least $100 billion. . >> major complications pleading three reactors at a nuclear power plant and that is raising fears of a meltdown. another reactor lost its cooling capabilities after a blast at the building containing the no. 3 reactor. 200,000 people have been evacuated from that area. power plant workers have been tried to cool down their nuclear reactors would see water experts say that will cause so much damage those reactors can never be used again. . >> each of these reactors have a unique design with its own problems. in this case you have radiation that is leaking offside but that depends on the next few days as to what types

of isotopes get out that will determine the type of cleanup you have to do. . >> reactors here are like several reactors we have in our state. there were built in the 1970's, taking you look at dramatic footage the moment the tsunami hit in japan. this video from the bbc taking a fishing port and you conceive of force which the tsunami and one powerful way the and cars dragged down city streets and the store and leaving a trail of destruction devastation and a number of towns and villages were gone. >> tsunami being blamed for one death on the northern coast of california. dust and weber had gone to the pilot river and it wanted to take pictures of the tsunami but they say he was caught in a surge of water swept out to sea. his body has not been recovered he is presumed dead them up passengers

arriving in to go in surviving the earthquake in japan and judy it live with some of their stories. >> good afternoon. some people went to business and some for pleasure and all returned with stories to tell about their scary moments in tokyo some offered words of praise for the people of japan. >> and black out. losing so much power there. . >> some passengers with newspapers shaking their head as he translated the headlines for us airlines resumed service from tokyo this weekend and full flights landed here this morning travelers told us what it was white and on board some ways with the earthquake hit out everyone started running into the streets one man said that his legs started to feel wobbly while walking during because he felt the ground it turned into liquid many of the travelers

said of getting around tokyo this past weekend was very tough because lots of public transportation systems are still not on track. among the passengers arriving this morning members of japanese workers struck performing during the next few weeks. orchestra members say it was hard leaving their families during this difficult time but the one that honor their commitment and a hope that their music will help them hill. . >> a lot of energy to overcome this situation we really want to be strong against this. >> i got out of the shower and started shaking and we ran out into the parking lot for a good few minutes. >> anytime you go through hard times and your friends to people we have not heard from them yet and is so far away there is nothing you can do

because you're so far away. . >> up a lot of the travelers that we spoke with saying that part of them were relieved and getting back to the united states and other part of them felt it was really hard to leave the devastation feeling they wanted to help them do something and while it was scary in tokyo during the earthquake a lot of the passengers say did not realize the whole scope of the devastation until they got to their hotel rooms and turned on the tv. back to you. >> think. a quick not only shook japan and also move the earth's axis. according to the geological survey be a quick move the access by 6 in. and shortage rotation by 1.8 to microseconds. japan may have moved 12 ft. closer to north america. it's position in space is that teens. for complete coverage of the disaster in japan say with wgn if a lot of our site wgntv.com/japan.

>> several people have been injured in a fire and water neighborhood robert jordan live from the scene. >> we will try to reestablish contact with robert jordan will little later on. coming up next the trial of the woman accused of killing a pregnant girlfriend of former bears player shaun gayle . >> former police commander burge getting to jail and find out who he will be doing time with them up chicago reaches a deal with two major air carriers to continue expansion at o'hare. . >> this is wgn midday news.

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prosecution nearing the end of this case in the murder trial of marni yang . >> accused of killing a romantic rival and we're live at the courthouse with the latest. >> it has been a disturbing morning inside this courtroom. . >> testifying for the prosecution forensic using graphs and photographs of reuter your unborn child he described the path of the bullets that cause the death. poulterer that two of the six bullets hit her in the abdomen in what them hit the 6 months old fetus in the face and shoulder the other leading a keeping: the pepyses

torso it troubling dutch settler the court room and defended yang to know a motion issues charge of killing reuter your unborn child the motive prosecutors say that she was sexually involved with former chicago players shaun gayle was jealous of the relationship with reuter prosecution just rested the case the defense is up next and the jury could have the case sometime this week. life in waukegan back to you. >> thank you. a high-school senior killed in a drive-by shooting on the southwest side. the 17 year-old was shot multiple times early yesterday at 57 to a mere days park high school presage a was killed at the scene a student at hubbard high school it is suspected that the shooting is gang-related. no

arrests have been made. . >> a former indiana surgeon goes on trial accused of negligence in the death of a patient. reporting the market is accused of failing to diagnose lung cancer in a patient who later died of the disease. facing a civil lawsuit filed by the family. the doctor was captured on a mountain in italy thousand nine he disappeared five years earlier during a trip to greece. nba star dwayne wade has been given the sole custody of his two sons a judge ruled friday that the three and nine year-old son should live with him ruling that the wife said she would not foster a positive relationship between the children and the father and a judge ruled that we'd love to pay the ex-wife to fly to miami every other weekend to see the children lawyers say that the duke of life is disappointed and she will file an appeal. >> former police superintendent

john burge did of lying on the witness stand and has four and a half years in prison he is scheduled to report to federal correctional complex in north carolina by wednesday afternoon which is the same prison holding bernie madoff .. >> another month or so before chicago gets a new police superintendent but rahm emanuel has already talked about 1 candid. a new favorite is charles ramsey who is the former head of the police program who quit in 1998 when he was passed over for the superintendent's post. since then he has headed the washington d.c. police and philadelphia. rahm emanuel says he is a natural for the job. >> updating any developing story from the north side. several people have been injured in a fire on the edge water neighborhood where robert jordan is live at the scene with some of the details. >> hi steve actually the east

rodgers park neighborhood and normally when there is a fire in a high-rise building or a building with multiple occupancy extra units are usually dispatched and luckily that was the case to put today but this building where there were 11 people injured. seven people were taken to area hospitals and the condition red which is critical three were in a condition yellow and swan was in condition green. the fire broke out in a smoky blaze this morning at around 10:00. in an apartment building north winthrop. 84 story building but it contained 48 apartments. a single room occupancy for many of them and scores of residents in the building. when firefighters arrived on the scene they saw many units and new that they had individuals

trying still to get out of their in the building flames coming out of some of the apartments it was a smoky fire and as firemen began to later use hoses they noticed that there were actually some residents trapped on the upper floors hanging out of windows and screaming for help. . >> truck 47 and apartment building using our main matter to people out the front window truck 22 went to the interior of the building that brought down a woman from the fourth quarter one person in the building in the courtyard jumping from the third floor. . >> no updates on the 11 people were transported to area hospitals fire department telling us that the fire is not of a suspicious origin. back to you. >>.

>> i hope those folks will be ok. >> top business stories next. >> rebels in libya on the retreat after forces loyal to gaddafi stage air strikes in a key opposition towns. >> later in lunch break and italian seafood dish.

forces loyal to gaddafi trying to recapture for rebels the military taking back the town of brega telling the people there to go back to their lives rebels confirmed the day they left is a part of a strategic retreat. libyan government forces pounding several ports and the national oral corp. trying to resume oil exports after saying that all ports are safe. the prime minister of bahrain is

outside security forces are in this country to bolster against protesters. protests have been going on for a month and human rights activists say 1000 people were sent to hospitals during protests this past weekend journalists say that the capital has been effectively sealed off. . >> the company that owns the tour bus and this weekend's deadly crash in york city involved in several other incidents in two years. 31 passengers on board the bus coming back from the connecticut casino win is slanted to to sign polls saturday morning. it 15th victim died today and 18 were injured. worldwide tors has been in two other crashes and cited five times for driver fatigue since 2009. bus driver survived in claims he swore off the road to avoid a truck the passengers say the driver swerved from a reason. . >> the computer hacker group

targeting bankamerica released private company in most of the public the ploys of bank of america insurance unit discussed removing important paperwork from customer files. packers group known as an anonymous claims the e-mail's relate to bank of america and properly foreclosing on homes. bankamerica says the accusations are not true. . >> i'm angie live in chicago and concerned by the impact of the earthquake on japan which is the world's third largest economy reeling on u.s. stocks japan's government spokesman saying steel rods at the nuclear power plant may have melted when water levels fell increasing the risk of a meltdown and warning that insurance companies in japan and around the world will sustain heavy losses which will have a negative credit result for some companies. one industry that has

seen gains is japan's builders. they will be on the front lines of rebuilding japan after the country was struck by the strongest earthquake on record investors expecting that reconstruction demands will be great the only sector seen gains on the u.k. index today. here in the u.s. trying to do with rising prices of commodities like me to perry and gas and wal-mart is the net impact on its customers. boris families in america spend as much as a quarter of their income on just food and fuel. pain is being shared by the preferred retailers and on the other end of the wall to scale it looks like millionaires do not think $7 million is enough to be wealthy anymore. according to a survey by investors many millionaires it is about $7.5 million before they feel more comfortable with a fillmore welty because more money is

needed for retirement. on wall street stocks are down investors struggling to assess the damage in the worst earthquake on japan's record in the third largest economy in the world. those are news headlines live in chicago back to you. >> if you're trying to stay healthy which cities should be avoided chicago wearing sunglasses. . >> in the medical watch and first details of the partial deal greased by the city of chicago with two major air carriers to further the expansion project. >> a musical classic we of performances on broadway

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one of the most scenic roadways in chicago good beginning upgrades. department of transportation consultants of the reconstruction project of lake shore drive could run more than 7 mi. and last year the road between irving park in elmont felt that one proposal is overhauling the exits and entrances at several places. >> mayor daley reaching an agreement at o'hare airport over expansion. >> paving the way for construction to begin soon and jae is alive with more. >> it all started with mayor daley back in 2001 and today u.s. transportation secretary saying that this will be mayor daley's transportation legacy. the secretary and daly himself as " well as both of our state senators and representatives from united and american and

members of the business community made the announcement this morning. the billion dollar agreement will allow o'hare modernization program to move forward and that includes the construction of the south runway as well as other airfield improvements. the dispute had to do with a lawsuit filed by both airlines against the city dropping expansion. this after both airlines were originally supporting the expansion took a hit because of the economy and therefore wanted to hold off on the project. with the help of senator dick durbin and kirk and secretary lahood this quickly went from courtroom to concourse. if it goes as planned construction will begin in the next several weeks with construction going through 2015. at the o'hare back to you. >> thank you. today is pie de we're talking about pi as an

matt. the magic number. i remember 3.14 and it actually goes much further. . >> and walter payton college celebrating pi fort throwing hot dogs on the floor marked with the even spaced lines. the proportion of hot dogs across lines of work set to be about one over pi. i do not know about that one. tom skilling is next with the back to work forecast. forecast.

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maybe you did not feel the earth move in chicago but it did actually. . >> at the earth's axis shifted six and a half inches and the length of the date by 1.8 microseconds most of us will not notice that but the plate on which japan said lurch east for about 65 ft. and the island itself moved about 12 ft. in the island off the quake occurred at about 500 earthquakes in the last week to consider aftershocks. is some 29 in. it is amazing the tsunami was about 32 ft. high and always interesting is the high resolution model forecast when that we've put progress into hawaii and midway island were off by only about three or five minutes. start between 3 and 15 which is amazing considering the trip distance at about 500 mi.

per hour. it's terrible thing and people have written about the radiation and a national regulatory nuclear regulatory commission says the release of the radioactivity is not being pushed high enough in the atmosphere to latch onto upper winds so the risk is considered a low in north america including here in chicago you get traceried you activity but only a tiny amount you actually need a large explosion to pump their radiation high enough in the atmosphere to get serious distribution. looking at chernobyl activity which affected all of europe. trace amounts made away across the world. passing south plus a big impact on us in chicago to turn the winds out of the lake. rains downstate and snows in his misery and a severe weather risk out from the production center has started a season is underway spreading slowly north.

the weather will not be severe but it will be wet and this is a rain forecast marking the 1 in. area of the purple area is the one in athens. pretty good amounts of rain expected and an impressive zero rey of moisture with these towering cumulonimbus clouds in the national radar. these are thunderheads as they reach up to 43,000 ft. and parts of louisiana and south east texas that is the area where a severe weather may outbreak. some of the warm humid air will come up here this week and by thursday could bring us our first 60 degree temperature since november 22nd. this week will get a lot better than it is right now. right now though it is still not too bad in the next 24 hours you will see how returning the north would movement of the rain in the and and downstate illinois got no said that the we will be brushed

by a sprinkle later tomorrow. quite interesting. a fair amount of cold air on the continent but its impact shrinking the time. 37 in chicago and 69 in atlanta 75 in new orleans. it looked at the midwest temperature nothing very warm about peace but we will creep up into the '40's tomorrow in this afternoon away from the lake. east wins will be the 30's on the lake shoreline and getting into the fifties the day after tomorrow as a move towards mid march. in half a degree above normal. east winds blowing at 114 cold lake waters in 63 percent of the committee water is 36. a good indication of the spread and temperatures of of the network across the area. in this city we have a 33 and orland park and joliet in the low 40's across the area. low temperatures last night in the '20s at all gone

quinn andorra featuring we steel and copper is so and we recovered 37 at o'hare 37 and midway and 37 at palos heights and 36 at mchenry. here is the view from geneva and the fox valley where the sun is poking through the clouds. much of the continent is warmer than it was 24 hours to go up berwyn so this pocket of cool air with the jet stream going around and picking up thunderstorms and rinse out the bus and here is a blockbuster jet across the country this brings a dome of warm air and sitting between cold air in warm air and when you get into the nose like that the air tends to sink compress and warm. that is how we will get a 60 degree temperature and above that by thursday to date the warmus this year has been 56

of february 17th and the air late in getting his 60 this year. typically that occurs around february 26th. 64 is the forecast for thursday and one- and-a-half inches of precipitation expected. the dark clouds as the storm bring in a gush of were mayor this week and a little taste of spring on the way. let us check the forecast for the chicago area partly sunny and windy today actually winds are going to pick up and will be more noticeable tonight but they're coming off the lake so high of 44. northeast winds are blowing about five to 40 m.p.h. and strengthening scattered clouds breezy and 29 and 20 is the coldest in the indications southeast winds up to 24 mi. per hour. during the day tomorrow a good deal of morning sun and increasing sprinkles in the afternoon to not know what that lightning bolt is about. it is fun to look at it though. dick spring

because we might have of his firm's right away that will be later in the week wednesday partly sunny and milder and high of 55 degrees. the committee is coming up the duplex coming up on thursday southerly winds expected to blow of feeling a little bit warmer and more springlike. and happy monday. . >> the forecast makes us happy to. . >> anything that refers to spring makes us feel better. welcome back steve. . >> today's tribute question is that the pause that translates to little ears her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive.

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when it tied the game with 35 seconds left have momentum and then lose in overtime not even forcing a shootout a second. hawks are down two to one and banks it and of the building tying the game down again with under 40 left in the game and the power plant tying it up down over time in minutes 15 left for the three news impala this loss three narrow seventh place with the west. arizona rookie more likely to make the team doubling a run at inside the game. carlos it's his second home run to tie the cubs up. they went 7 -5 the other half of the team beat the dodgers in vegas. carlos pitched five innings and socks and dodgers carlows hit his first

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time for lunch break in milk that was going to warm my heart and executive chef from deep italian village here with us. i love italian food we will make a different twist on it pesto today. >> sicilian style which is the main ingredient is sun-dried tomatoes. . >> and not a green one that we're used to. another secret

ingredient. let's start with the sun dried tomatoes. . >> also olive oil and a drink. . >> adjustable?. >> gets only a little. also salary. just the and not the stocks. the part that we normally throw way we will use. some moments and a teaspoon of garlic. also looked fresh basil about a half a cup which is roughly 15 leaves. . >> a couple of water and we put this in a blender and we will make this on high for about one minute, a little idea. here's a case if it is too thick we will have water. .

>> cook for about five minutes to combine the flavors. why that is going fresh sea bass. salt and pepper and season this up with some oregano another trick is you want and make a slit in the fish and so on a panel of extroversion of oil and some white wine which i will add later. make sure it is hot so skin does not stick. see that smoke? we will put it skin side down. to jamaica slits?. >> yes 4 diagonal slices. it does not pull apart. stopping it from growing up you see that this growing up and that is a little trip for you. >> does not release to much moisture proof. >> we will cook that skin side

down for four minutes. four minutes on the other side and we will flip over. . >> eight minutes total. . >> he felt that with your bare hands? added. . >> we will get all little messy year. but your pesto in the middle of the plate. nice little dollop it is too thick to put a little water. that we will not burn ourselves when it's finished street from here right to the dish and serve it just like that. inside out. . >> now you want the bottom side to soak up all the jews. . >> there you go. and sicilian

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the name for this type apostolate translates to little years the answer is c. . >> we are inching slowly toward spring?. >> yes we are. three days with potential 60 degree temperatures isn't that something? we are making progress. all little chilly today low pressure storm with heavy rains downstate just expected this white house would easterly winds today and tonight and clouds later tomorrow sparkling for a time tomorrow evening but it will move on and the next form to use up an hour in the plains states it turns the wind southerly and starts pumping warm moist gulf air north into our area. look at the temperatures. afternoon readings around 40 in mid '40's

and and the night readings will not drop all that much will drop to the low and mid 30's and 20's and colder outlying areas. tomorrow afternoon low and mid '40's low 50s the south and west suburbs that you can see there. forties' tomorrow night and the best will be wednesday mid-50s a round wednesday and that is quite a change. a moisture plot where you can see the green that is moist air not here yet but it is a conceit as we go on into the week that little low of one more moisture air coming up. adding to the war to later in the week at least the feeling of springlike weather cool wind off the lake and the next 10 days here. warm and thursday and friday thunderstorms in brief: saturday and another surge of warm air warmer than the first sunday and monday and today will

be some cold air coming in next week. we are not done with the cold next it is just become less frequent. over the next seven days colors representing winds so tonight will be the windiest of all but tomorrow wind blowing off the lake and red lighting up the map that is southerly wind pumping temperature's up. you can see that in the 74 best. 55 on wednesday and 64 on thursday cooler on friday with thunderstorms and cooler air and a couple of sprinkles on saturday another storm coming in with south wins 62 on monday. we are making progress here. seasonal warm-up continues benefiting from longer days and direct sunlight. it really is nice. see you guys later. >> thank you for joining us today. >> had a great afternoon and we are back at 5 9 and we will leave you with a of a of

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